Interstellar Energy Tycoon

Living planet.

Within the habitable zone of this star, there are living planets similar to those of the Blue Star, with many animals and plants on them.

And there are as many as two living planets.

One of them is 1.6 times the size of Cerulean Star, with a surface area of ​​about 800 million square kilometers, but it is relatively close to the star. The average surface temperature reaches 18°C. About half of the area is covered by oceans, and there is nearly 400 million square kilometers of land. , full of vitality and full of green vegetation. Only the inland area has tens of millions of square kilometers of desert terrain. Because it is far from the sea, there is very little rainfall, but in general, green areas suitable for life occupy a large area. Partial land area.

That is, the area suitable for human survival is about 300 million square kilometers.

These lands can grow food and all kinds of fruits and vegetables. As long as they are developed properly, there is no problem in feeding more than one billion people. If agricultural technology is developed enough, food crops can be harvested three times a year, feeding tens of billions of people. The population is also easy.

Another living planet is about the same size as Azure Star, with a surface area of ​​about 500 million square kilometers. Since it is slightly far away from the star, the average temperature on the surface is only 8°C. You must know that the average temperature of Azure Star is 15.5°C, which means it is already in the greenhouse effect. Among them, the polar ice caps dissipated very quickly. Most of the time before, the average temperature was around 14°C, which allowed for a more obvious four-level alternation of spring, summer, autumn and winter. The average temperature of the planet was only 8°C, so both poles were Not to mention covering large areas of ice and snow, the temperate and tropical areas suitable for crop growth are not very large. Therefore, even if the land area accounts for 55%, most of what can be seen is white ice and snow, which is suitable for life to survive. area, not exceeding one-third of the land area.

That is, the livable area is less than 100 million square kilometers.

Due to the low average temperature, most crops can only be harvested once a year, and the sunlight is not very strong. It is estimated that the upper limit of the population that can be fed will not exceed one billion people.

There are considerable differences between the two habitable planets.

After discussing with the team members, Li Lefan named the larger planet with life closer to the star "Mars Ball" and the other smaller planet with life farther from the star "Ice Planet" ".

besides.

Use detectors for close reconnaissance.

Li Lefan and the others also discovered that intelligent life actually exists on these two living planets.

A kind of intelligent life that is very similar to human beings and has evolved to a very perfect level. It can walk upright on two legs. Its facial features and body are very similar to humans. It is just that the chin is slightly tapered and the body is relatively slender. But the overall appearance is similar to that of the Azure Star. Human beings are about 90% similar, but not so similar as to create the uncanny valley effect.

After another discussion, Li Lefan and the others called this type of intelligent life "elf people", or "elf people" for short, because their appearance makes it easy for people to associate them with the elves as a race.

In addition, the level of civilization development of the 'Jingren' does not seem to be very high. Although they can build houses and cities, possess iron tools and other tools, agricultural planting is also relatively developed, and there are relatively clear social class distinctions, they can be regarded as entering feudalism. higher stage of society.

The weapons used are mainly iron weapons, as well as long-range attack weapons such as bows and arrows, ballistae, and catapults.

Of course, the structure of governance includes systems such as empires, kingdoms, castles, and knights' manors. As the feudal hierarchy goes down, most of the elites are civilians and slaves at the bottom. They bear heavier labor and can barely survive. Come down.

above.

It’s the situation on the ‘Mars Ball’.

But on the 'Ice Planet', due to the cold climate and less arable land, the population is relatively sparse. The development of civilization and productivity are obviously not as good as those on the 'Mars Planet', but the countries and castles Systems such as manor and manor also exist, and the tools and weapons used are mostly iron. As for the human race, there are very subtle differences from the 'elf people' on the 'Mars Ball'. The chin has changed. It's not very sharp, and the color of the eye pupils is mainly blue, not the green and brown on the 'Mars Ball'.

But even if there are subtle differences, we can be firmly convinced that the intelligent life on the two planets definitely belongs to the same species, with only subtle differences.

So doubts came immediately.

"The distance between these two living planets in their closest orbits is nearly 50 million kilometers, and the difference in luck is hundreds of millions of kilometers. Why are the spirits still distributed on these two planets? Are aliens helping them? Did they realize the leap between planets, or did they find a way to do it on their own?”

"Yeah, it's so amazing. Even though they are at the productivity level of the ancient feudal society, they are able to travel to another planet tens of millions of kilometers away. Even decades after we built the nuclear bomb, we humans on the Blue Star , couldn’t even send people to stay on the moon for a long time. How did these ancient elites with backward technology send the fire of civilization to another planet?”

"No, the technology level of the Jingren is not necessarily very low. Look at the 'Mars Ball', there are some devices that can float and fly in the air, but you can't see any engines or other power systems. They seem to be using some kind of power system. An extraordinary ability."

"Star core crystals, yes, there must be a lot of star core crystals on the planet Mars. After being mined by the local indigenous people, they accidentally discovered the ability of 'star core crystals', and then you can use this crystal to make A lot of superpowers were born, and then with the superpowers' superpowers, they achieved the feat of crossing tens of millions of kilometers of vacuum environment, spreading the fire of civilization to the nearby 'ice planet'." A team member guessed.

"Awesome, so awesome. This should be the correct answer. It proves that there must be a lot of 'star core crystal' mineral reserves on the 'Mars Ball' or the 'Ice Planet'. Only after the indigenous people use it, can we With a very low level of science and technology, it has achieved interstellar crossing and has occupied the territory of two planets. And judging from the large number of flying devices in the sky of the 'Mars Ball', the reserves of 'star core crystals' on this planet are definitely It is very rich, so a large number of superpowers can be cultivated, forming a more magical ancient world."

"I've become very interested in this star system. Maybe we can get very big results. I think we should stay here for a long time and conduct more observations and excavations. Maybe we can get very big results." reward."

"Yes, I'm starting to look forward to it too. We don't have to rush to the next place. Maybe we can get huge gains here. We don't have to rush to the next target."

All the team members said excitedly.

Li Lefan naturally followed the advice and nodded in agreement with everyone's suggestions. After replenishing the working fluid on the gaseous planet, he controlled the Starry Sky Fearless towards the Mars Ball and turned on semi-stealth mode to avoid being discovered by intelligent life on the planet.

It took less than a day.

The spacecraft arrived at an orbit less than 500 kilometers above the planet Mars.

Then hundreds of reconnaissance, scanning and communication satellites were released to carefully scan and observe the living planets below, leading to a more comprehensive understanding and discovery.

Some discoveries can even overturn some of people's perceptions.

For example, the population of the indigenous people on the planet Mars is conservatively estimated to be at least 3 billion, and may even be 5 billion. They are very numerous and widely distributed, occupying almost every free land. A sea island, even a small green plant in the desert, has a small indigenous population, and the land utilization has reached a certain extreme level.

Secondly, there are only about fifty countries in the land of more than 300 million square kilometers. The five largest empires among them all have a land area of ​​more than 10 million square kilometers. The other kingdoms, principalities, etc., They are all affiliated with these five empires.

In addition, the indigenous civilization on this planet has a very long history, more than 300,000 years. A long time ago, there was even an empire that briefly unified the entire planet, established a very powerful empire, and conquered everyone. Corner of the land, but even if it is extremely powerful, this kind of empire quickly falls apart and disappears in the long river of history, only being recorded in the passages of some books.

The most surprising thing is that this planet has a long history of civilization, but the development of science and technology has been stagnant for a long, long time. It has basically stayed in the same place. In the past thousands and tens of thousands of years, there has not been much change. Industrial There has never been a revolution, but there are gunpowder weapons, but their power is too weak to match the extraordinary power of superpowers, so gunpowder has not been used on a large scale. As for the industrial revolution, there may have been some signs, but due to various reasons, Even if they cannot be developed, those advanced tools that can bring efficiency improvement will most likely be destroyed by the ruling class, because it will lead to the unemployment of a large number of people, and too many unemployed people will bring about a very dangerous situation.

The current 'Mars Ball' is in a very stable governance structure. There are many kingdoms and empires that have existed for more than a thousand years. They can be said to have survived for a long time. Of course, this does not mean that there will be no crisis in governance. It will happen, but these kingdoms and empires have found very good ways to deal with it.

For example, blood marriages between two countries can consolidate the relationship between the upper echelons. Even if there are many conflicts between the two countries and the hatred is difficult to resolve, they will still marry each other frequently. No matter how serious the conflicts are, they are still relatives after all, and they will not really fight to the death. Degree.

If that still doesn't work, and the internal conflicts are too intensified, and implosion is likely to occur, these kingdoms and empires have a trick that can be called a trick.

migrant.

Emigrate across the stars.

At that time, these kingdoms and empires will organize a large amount of manpower and material resources to build a large number of well-sealed ships. Driven by a large number of superpowers, a large number of immigrants will be sent to at least 40 million kilometers away. On the 'Ice Planet', each ship transports at least 10,000 people. If tens of thousands of ships are organized each time, it means that one wave can transport hundreds of millions of people.

On average, a group of fine people are sent there every one hundred years.

This kind of immigration activity has lasted for tens of thousands of years, sending a total of more than 10 billion people to the 'ice planet'.

The problem is that the average temperature of the 'Ice Planet' is low, the food production is not high, and it cannot support such a large population. This obviously exceeds the upper limit of the 'Ice Planet'.

Insufficient resources and insufficient food will inevitably lead to fierce wars between new immigrants and old immigrants who have struggled to survive.

It’s not an exaggeration to describe it as ‘survival battle royale’.

Of course, in the history of tens of thousands of years, there have been many big figures like "macho men descended from the sky" from the "Ice Planet", who have successfully integrated all the forces on the "Ice Planet" and established a very powerful "Ice Empire" , not only defeated the immigration fleet sent by the 'Mars Ball', but even organized a powerful force to counterattack on the 'Mars Ball' side, to overthrow the decadent old order, establish a fairer new order, and let those at the bottom People can also have the opportunity and choice to survive.

However, the 'Heavenly Man' failed in the end. Even though he achieved a series of small victories, he could not be the opponent of all the empires and kingdoms on the 'Mars Planet' combined. Even his hometown 'Ice Planet' was also attacked. With the fatal blow, the 'Ice Empire' suddenly fell apart, and the resistance that had arisen on a whim suddenly calmed down.

After understanding the above information.

Li Lefan came up with the idea of ​​​​understanding the Jingren civilization more deeply, and became extremely interested. He even considered whether to establish open diplomatic relations with an empire or kingdom on the 'Mars Ball', and proposed to visit and cooperate. If we can establish a cooperative relationship with the indigenous officials, we will undoubtedly avoid a lot of troubles, bring huge benefits, and avoid many detours. This can be called the upper-level route.

There is another way, which is to temporarily conceal your identity, put on makeup, learn the writing and language of the indigenous people, and then cooperate with the indigenous people as an indigenous businessman to improve your understanding of them, because this method is closer to the indigenous people. Their middle and lower classes are closer to their lives and daily routines, so it can be called the lower class route.

Everyone discussed carefully about which route to choose:

"I think it is better to take the upper-level route. If we can gain the trust of a certain king or emperor, we can quickly achieve our goals and get the various resources we need most, saving time and effort. This is the best choice. "A crew member said.

"Not necessarily. Carnivores are despicable. People in power are often selfish, arrogant, arrogant and even do whatever they want. They may not abide by the contract and cooperate. They may fall out like a book. There is no spirit of contract at all. The risk is actually very high. It is better to leave first. The lower level route, understand the situation clearly, and then consider how to achieve cooperation." Another crew member said.

"I think we can choose to have them all. Send two groups of people. One group will take the upper-level route, find a ruler of an indigenous country with a better reputation, conduct a public visit, and then negotiate to seek cooperation. The other group can find ways to integrate into the indigenous people. Society, do some business, and see if we can get the resources we want through non-governmental commercial exchanges. Walking on two legs, this will definitely be more stable and easier to achieve the goal." Pilot Officer Zhang Sicong said.

"What Sicong said makes sense. Let's divide into two teams and implement both plans at the same time."

Li Lefan immediately agreed. (End of chapter)